Monday, 18 July 2011

Places still available for the Erik Kessels workshop!

There are still two places available for our workshop with Erik Kessels at riad 9 in Fez, Morocco (12-17 September 2011). Though the camera will be the tool, this workshop will appeal to creatives from all visual disciplines, not just photography.

Here is a great video of Erik giving an overview of his work as part of California College of the Arts' Photography Lecture Series; filmed on 24 February, 2011, in Timken Lecture Hall on the San Francisco campus:

For more information on the workshop or more details on how to submit click here. (Please note, the deadline for applications has been extended to 14 August.)

Finally, below is the manifesto from the groundbreaking exhibition From Here On at this year's Les Rencontres d'Arles which Erik co-curated with Clément Chéroux, Joan Fontcuberta, Martin Parr and Joachim Schmid. The conceptual approach and playful attitude that is outlined will be echoed in the workshop and push those who are open to exploring more lateral ways of image-making.

NOW, WE’RE A SPECIES OF EDITORS.WE ALL RECYCLE, CLIP AND CUT, REMIX AND UPLOAD.WE CAN MAKE IMAGES DO ANYTHING. ALL WE NEED ISAN EYE, A BRAIN, A CAMERA,A PHONE, A LAPTOP, A SCANNER, A POINT OF VIEW.AND WHEN WE’RE NOT EDITING, WE’RE MAKING.WE’RE MAKING MORE THAN EVER,BECAUSE OUR RESOURCES ARE LIMITLESS ANDTHE POSSIBILITIES ENDLESS.WE HAVE AN INTERNET FULL OF INSPIRATION:THE PROFOUND, THE BEAUTIFUL, THE DISTURBING,THE RIDICULOUS, THE TRIVIAL, THE VERNACULAR AND THE INTIMATE.WE HAVE NEXT-TO-NOTHING CAMERAS THAT RECORD THE LIGHTEST LIGHT, THE DARKEST DARK.THIS TECHNOLOGICAL POTENTIAL HAS CREATIVE CONSEQUENCES.IT CHANGES OUR SENSE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO MAKE. IT RESULTS INWORK THAT FEELS LIKE PLAY,WORK THAT TURNS OLD INTO NEW, ELEVATES THE BANAL.WORK THAT HAS A PAST BUT FEELSABSOLUTELY PRESENT.WE WANT TO GIVE THIS WORK A NEW STATUS.THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENTFROM HERE ON...